Meetings

RANSOMES SPORTS AND SOCIAL CLUB

MEETING 20

26 June 2007

In attendance: 31 members; apologies: Ray C and Ian B.

This evening the Club broke the 30 barrier with 31 members in attendance! Fair enough, 3 of those attending were new faces and we take time to welcome them here. We hope that we will have a long and fruitful relationship with our new friends, who were, in no particular order: Andrew Toomey, who seems to recognise the Secretary – those wanted posters are clearly catching up, Dave Coley whose output of models has apparently dwindled, but his photo-album full of nostalgia from Mildenhall’s past went down well and Paul Jenkinson, with whom the Secretary only managed a truncated chat – despite having been in e-mail contact – and so we have yet to discover Paul’s forte. Welcome one-for-all…

THE TABLE

MODELLER	SCALE	MAKE	TYPE	DETAIL
Rob Arnehov	1/72	PM Models	Lippisch P13G	OOB
Steve Baldwin	1/24	Monogram	Naked Nascar	Detailed
Eric Dyke	1/196	Scratch	HMS Abercrombie	Detailed
Tony Healey	1/48	Trumpeter	T34/76	OOB
Richard Langford	1/35	Bronco	Hotchkiss	Diorama
Jan Maes	1/48	Dragon	Ju-88A	OOB
Marc Maes	1/35	Tamiya	M118 A2	OOB
Sonia Maes	70mm	Pegaso	Gaul Chieftain	OOB
Dave Pennington	1/72	Hobbyboss	Ch-46	Diorama
John Rose	1/35	Italeri	Maultier(?)	OOB
Brian Wakeman	1/48	?	AH-64A	OOB
Brian Wakeman	1/48	?	Hughes OH-6	OOB

Pictures of the models can be seen at http://www.ipms-ipswich.org.uk/meetings.htm

COMPETITION

May 2007

Model	Modeller	Points
1/35 Sahariana*	Richard Langford	31
90mm Roman Legionnaire	Sonia Maes	26
1/35 Half-track diorama	Marc Maes	19
1/48 F-14 Tomcat	Ian Balch	10
1/72 Churchill MkII Tank	Kev Baxter	8
1/35 Cromwell Tank	Paul Casson	7
1/35 SAS Jeep	Stu Clark	7
1/72 Lockheed M21	Aaron Spilling	5
1/35 Humber Scout Car	Bob James	4
1/35 Humber Scout Car	Dave Pennington	4
MTB	Eric Dyke	1
Barrage Balloon Diorama	Eric Dyke	1

* - Goes forward to Grand Final

Modeller of the Year – May 07

Modeller	May	Total
Richard Langford	31	104
Sonia Maes	26	58
Tony Healey	0	46
Marc Maes	19	42
Brian Wakeman	0	40
George Robinson	0	35
Dave Pennington	4	28
Jan Maes	0	26
Eric Dyke	6	24
Robert Price	0	19
Paul Casson	7	18
John Rose	0	15
Bob James	4	13
Ian Balch	10	12
Stuart Clark	7	11
Bob Trimnell	0	10
Andrew Lansley	0	9
Julien Dixon	1	9
Chris Wren	0	8
Kev Baxter	8	8
Rob Arnehov	1	6
Ray Challoner	0	5
Aaron Spilling	5	5
Robert Foster	1	4
Dom Stevenson	0	2
Steve Baldwin	0	2
Gary Lovell	0	1
Roger Newson	0	1

EAMS

Kelvin appraised us all about the forthcoming EAMS. The date has been set for Sunday, 14 Oct 07 although the venue has been changed to Maidenhall Sports Centre in Ipswich from the ‘usual’ Stowmarket site; the hall will cost £500 to hire. Most importantly the bar is on-site however, food remains to be organised and Jan has undertaken to investigate the catering possibilities. 26 clubs have been invited to attend and traders that have confirmed their attendance already stand at 2. Advertising for the event is already on the Ipswich Council web-site.

EAMC Report

The EAMC went off on the 1 Jun 07 without too many undue hitches. The enthusiasm and commitment of the set-up party was in no doubt as the hall was ready to go by about 17:30 and it just remained to wait nervously for the visitors to arrive. Sadly, numbers were definitely down on last year due, yet again, to the unbelievably poor timing of the FA and another pointless round-ball game between some overpaid, passionless prima donnas who self-consciously mutter the words of the National Anthem under their breath and a bunch of shaven ladies’ parts; sorry, beautiful Brazilians – or something. Anyway, there were still 100 models on the display tables for everyone to enjoy and to cast their artisan’s eye over in the judging. The competition was fairly fierce again, but winners were eventually decided thanks to the hard work of everyone involved in the vote counting. The winners are shown in the table below.

2^nd EAST ANGLIAN MODEL COMPETITION - 1 JUNE 2007

RESULTS

CLASS	MODEL	MODELLER	POSITION
	1/12 Matra MS 11	Mark Bloomfield	BEST IN SHOW
1 - Ac 1/72 or smaller	1/72 Phantom FG1	Kev Baxter	Gold
1 - Ac 1/72 or smaller	1/72 Sea Dragon	Dom Stevenson	Silver
1 - Ac 1/72 or smaller	1/72 Flying Flea	Tim Upton-Smith	Bronze
2 – Ac 1/71to 1/48	1/48 Wyvern S4	Tony Healey	Gold
2 – Ac 1/71to 1/48	1/48 Phantom FGR2	George Robinson	Silver
2 – Ac 1/71to 1/48	1/48 P-47D	Tony Healey	Bronze
3 – Ac 1/47 or larger	1/32 A6M2 Zero	Jay Laverty	Gold
3 – Ac 1/47 or larger	1/32 Ju-87G	Chris Wren	Silver
3 – Ac 1/47 or larger	1/32 P-51D	Jan Maes	Bronze
4 – Mil Vehicles 1/72 or smaller	1/72 Panzer IV	Andrew Pryke	Gold
4 – Mil Vehicles 1/72 or smaller	1/72 Churchill AVRE Bridge Layer	Kev Baxter	Silver
4 – Mil Vehicles 1/72 or smaller	1/72 AS90 SPG	Kev Baxter	Bronze
5 – Mil Vehicles 1/71 to 1/48	1/48 T-34/76	Jay Laverty	Gold
5 – Mil Vehicles 1/71 to 1/48	1/48 T-34/76	Tony Healey	Silver
5 – Mil Vehicles 1/71 to 1/48	N/A		Bronze
6 – Mil Vehicles 1/47 or larger	1/35 Tiger IE Late	Paul Casson	Gold
6 – Mil Vehicles 1/47 or larger	1/35 Sahariana	Jay Laverty	Silver
6 – Mil Vehicles 1/47 or larger	1/35 Sahariana	Richard Langford	Bronze
7 – Figures (any scale)	75mm Conquistador	Geoff Woods	Gold
7 – Figures (any scale)	65mm Prussian Uhlan NCO	Michael Creese	Silver
7 – Figures (any scale)	90mm Roman Legionaire	Sonia Maes	Bronze
8 – Marine Vessels (any scale)	MTB	Eric Dyke	Gold
8 – Marine Vessels (any scale)	1/600 HMS Ajax	Kev Baxter	Silver
8 – Marine Vessels (any scale)	N/A		Bronze
9 – Sci-fi / Fantasy	70mm Space Marine	Geoff Woods	Gold
9 – Sci-fi / Fantasy	N/A		Silver
9 – Sci-fi / Fantasy	N/A